[Healeys] Pertronix wiring

Oudesluys coudesluijs at chello.nl
Tue Dec 20 08:27:16 MST 2016


This might help:

http://www.pertronix.com/support/manuals/

Also AWG20 wire does not really matter as long as it has a thicker core 
than the wires on the Pertronix unit itself.
Kees Oudesluijs


Op 20-12-2016 om 15:39 schreef Per Schoerner:
> Simon
> I have ordered two positive ignitors, one for me and one for a friend. 
> So if you wait a couple of weeks I can probably give you an answer. 
> However, I don't think a connection between the coil and chassies is a 
> good idea, unless the other terminal on the coil is connected to 
> somewhere that is NOT connected to the battery directly. Normally you 
> know, one terminal is connected to the ignition key and the other is 
> connected to the points.
>
> Per
>
> Skickat från min iPhone
>
> 20 dec. 2016 kl. 14:49 skrev Simon Lachlan 
> <simon.lachlan at homecall.co.uk <mailto:simon.lachlan at homecall.co.uk>>:
>
>> I am trying to help install a (+) Pertronix in Paris while I sit in 
>> the UK. I have a (-) Pertronix fitted to my spare distributor so that 
>> is helpful for photos etc. BUT, apart from the colours of the wires 
>> involved, there are other differences which I’m finding a bit tricky. 
>> If I had both distributors here in my hand, I’d sort it in seconds.
>>
>> See the attached pic of the (-) Pertronix sitting in my Lucas DM6A 
>> which normally sits spare in the boot while the 123Ignition does all 
>> the real work!
>>
>> So, the little black wire at the bottom of the picture which must be 
>> a replacement for that horrible little “boot lace” wire.....is that 
>> wire present in the (+) unit? If that is “the distributor ground 
>> wire” referred to in the instructions for both (+) AND (-) 
>> installations, then we’re in business....the wire remains or rather 
>> is replaced with something better. I presume(!) that it is indeed 
>> that wire, but previous presumptions have cost me dear.
>>
>> I ask because the (+) unit has an earth to chassis wire from the coil 
>> which the (-) does not have. Per the instructions:-  “14. Connect an 
>> insulated AWG 20 copper stranded wire from the positive coil terminal 
>> to the positive battery or chassis.” ie there might just be a 
>> different arrangement within the distributor.
>>
>> (Try asking for AWG 20 in France!!)
>>
>> I had a (+) Pertronix once, but I’ve forgotten..........
>>
>> Simon
>>
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